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Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 36 substituted (6.4.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/3299), rule 2(c), Sch. 1 (with rule 18)
F2Pt. 36 Section 2 renumbered as Pt. 36 Section 3 (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(11) (with rule 2)
[F336.25.]—(1) Where this Section applies, Section I [F4and Section II do not] apply.
(2) This Section applies to an offer to settle where the parties have followed the RTA Protocol or the EL/PL Protocol and started proceedings under Part 8 in accordance with Practice Direction [F549F] (“the Stage 3 Procedure”).
(3) A reference to the Court Proceedings Pack Form is a reference to the form used in the relevant Protocol.
(4) Nothing in this Section prevents a party making an offer to settle in whatever way that party chooses, but if the offer is not made in accordance with this Section, it will not have any costs consequences.
Textual Amendments
F3Rule 36.24 renumbered as rule 36.25 by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(12)(a) (with rule 2)
F4Words in rule 36.25(1) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(12)(b) (with rule 2)
F5Word in rule 36.24(2) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 15(2)
[F636.26.]—(1) An offer to settle which is made in accordance with this rule is called a Protocol offer.
(2) A Protocol offer must—
(a)be set out in the Court Proceedings Pack (Part B) Form; and
(b)contain the final total amount of the offers from both parties.
Textual Amendments
F6Rule 36.25 renumbered as rule 36.26 by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(13)(a) (with rule 2)
[F736.27.]—(1) The Protocol offer is deemed to be made on the first business day after the Court Proceedings Pack (Part A and Part B) Form is sent to the defendant.
(2) In this Section “business day” has the same meaning as in rule 6.2.
Textual Amendments
F7Rule 36.26 renumbered as rule 36.27 by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(13)(b) (with rule 2)
[F836.28.] A Protocol offer—
(a)is treated as exclusive of all interest; and
(b)has the consequences set out in this Section only in relation to the fixed costs of the Stage 3 Procedure as provided for in rule [F945.29], and not in relation to the costs of any appeal from the final decision of those proceedings.
Textual Amendments
F8Rule 36.27 renumbered as rule 36.28 by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(13)(c) (with rule 2)
F9Word in rule 36.28(b) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(14) (with rule 2)
[F1036.29.]—(1) The amount of the Protocol offer must not be communicated to the court until the claim is determined.
(2) Any other offer to settle must not be communicated to the court at all.
Textual Amendments
F10Rule 36.28 renumbered as rule 36.29 by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(15)(a) (with rule 2)
[F1136.30.]—(1) This rule applies where, on any determination by the court, the claimant obtains judgment against the defendant for an amount of damages that is—
(a)less than or equal to the amount of the defendant’s Protocol offer;
(b)more than the defendant’s Protocol offer but less than the claimant’s Protocol offer; or
(c)equal to or more than the claimant’s Protocol offer.
(2) Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the court must order the claimant to pay—
(a)the fixed costs in rule [F1245.37]; and
(b)interest on those fixed costs from the first business day after the deemed date of the Protocol offer under rule [F1336.27].
(3) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies, the court must order the defendant to pay the fixed costs in rule [F1445.30].
(4) Where paragraph (1)(c) applies, the court must order the defendant to pay—
(a)interest on the whole of the damages awarded at a rate not exceeding 10% above base rate for some or all of the period starting with the date specified in rule [F1536.27];
(b)the fixed costs in rule [F1645.30];
(c)interest on those fixed costs at a rate not exceeding 10% above base rate; and
(d)an additional amount calculated in accordance with rule 36.17(4)(d).
Textual Amendments
F11Rule 36.29 renumbered as rule 36.30 by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(15)(b) (with rule 2)
F12Word in rule 36.30(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(16)(a)(i) (with rule 2)
F13Word in rule 36.30(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(16)(a)(ii) (with rule 2)
F14Word in rule 36.30(3) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(16)(b) (with rule 2)
F15Word in rule 36.30(4)(a) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 19(4)
F16Word in rule 36.30(4)(b) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(16)(c)(ii) (with rule 2)
[F1736.31.] For the purposes of rule [F1836.30](1)(a) the amount of the judgment is less than the Protocol offer where the judgment is less than that offer once deductible amounts identified in the judgment are deducted.
(“Deductible amount” is defined in rule [F1936.20](1)(d).)]
Textual Amendments
F17Rule 36.30 renumbered as rule 36.31 by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(17)(a) (with rule 2)
F18Word in rule 36.31 substituted by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(17)(b) (with rule 2)
F19Word in rule 36.31 substituted by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(17)(c) (with rule 2)
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